1961 Los Angeles Angels season 1961 Los Angeles Angels season ended with the Angels finishing 8th in the American League with a record of 70–91, 38½ games behind the World Champion New York Yankees . It was the Angels' first season in franchise history, and their only season at Wrigley Field . Gene Autry owned the franchise, which was created as a rival to the Los Angeles Dodgers , who played that year at the Coliseum before moving to nearby Dodger Stadium in 1962.Offseason The Angels, along with the new Washington Senators , were the first ever American League expansion teams . Both teams participated in Major League Baseball's first ever expansion draft . The Angels had the first pick in the 1960 Major League Baseball expansion draft , which they used to select Eli Grba from the New York Yankees. Grba wound up playing two-plus seasons for Los Angeles before returning to the minor leagues.Notable transactions As an expansion team , the Angels were not expected to do well. However, they not only finished ahead of the Senators , but also the Kansas City A's , who tied the Senators for last place , nine games behind Los Angeles.Season standings Opening Day starting lineup The first game in franchise history took place at Memorial Stadium, Baltimore , on Tuesday, April 11, 1961. Powered by Ted Kluszewski's first- and second-inning home runs , which accounted for five runs , and Grba's complete game six-hitter , the Angels defeated the Baltimore Orioles , 7–2. They would then lose eight games in a row, including their home opener April 27 against the Minnesota Twins at Wrigley Field, Los Angeles .Record vs. opponents Offense The Angels were no stranger to offense in their first season, with five players hitting 20 or more home runs, a mark which at the time was considered a remarkable feat. Leon Wagner , who led the team with 28 home runs, was one of the team's best offensive threats, also leading the team by slugging .517. The other players who hit 20 home runs were Ken Hunt , Lee Thomas , Earl Averill, Jr ., and Steve Bilko . Albie Pearson , who led the team in batting average , had an on-base percentage of.420, also a mark that was considered more valuable than the current game. Pearson led the team in several other offensive categories, leading the team in stolen bases, runs, and walks . Lee Thomas, who ended the season second on the team in batting at.284, led the team in hits, with 128, edging out Wagner by 1 hit.Pitching , who led the team with 12 wins, also led the team with 15 losses. Eli Grba had an 11–13 record , good enough for second in both wins and losses amongst the team's pitchers. Ted Bowsfield was the Angels' only starter with a winning record, going 11–8. McBride had 180 strikeouts, 75 more than Grba, who was second on the team with 105. As a team, the Angels led the American League, throwing more strikeouts than any of the other 9 teams. Art Fowler and Tom Morgan were the Angels' top two in saves, with 11 and 10, respectively, leading the team to finish second in the American League in that category.Notable transactions Player stats Batting Starters by position Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played ; AB = At bats ; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI C 115 323 86 .266 21 59 1B 114 294 82 .279 20 59 2B 66 238 53 .223 2 14 SS 91 338 85 .251 5 40 3B 76 213 43 .202 3 15 LF 133 453 127 .280 28 79 CF 149 479 122 .255 25 84 RF 144 427 123 .288 7 41
Other batters Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI 130 450 128 .284 24 70 79 282 79 .280 13 59 107 263 64 .243 15 39 84 229 55 .240 2 15 57 199 45 .226 5 20 54 173 45 .260 2 22 69 164 38 .232 4 12 35 96 19 .198 1 8 42 91 19 .209 1 5 44 83 20 .241 4 11 18 57 9 .158 2 6 16 56 18 .321 2 13 21 49 6 .122 0 3 24 31 6 .194 0 0 11 27 6 .222 0 3 7 8 1 .125 0 0 11 8 0 .000 0 0 6 5 0 .000 0 0 7 4 1 .250 0 0 1 0 0 ---- 0 0
Pitching Starting pitchers Note: G = Games pitched ; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average ; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO 38 241.2 12 15 3.65 180 40 211.2 11 13 4.25 105 5 18.1 0 2 6.87 11 1 4 0 0 4.50 2
Other pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average ; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO 41 157 11 8 3.73 88 33 112.2 4 8 5.83 87 26 104.2 3 6 4.90 70 38 100.1 4 6 4.31 79 40 99 6 12 5.18 108 13 42.2 1 5 6.54 35 18 38 3 0 4.26 27 12 29 0 3 5.59 9
Relief pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G W L SV ERA SO 59 8 2 10 2.36 39 53 5 8 11 3.64 78 38 4 6 5 4.31 79 36 0 2 0 5.30 41 12 2 1 1 1.69 11 6 0 0 0 1.80 2 2 0 0 0 9.00 1
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